Programs
#TogetherWeWillHeal Forum
We bring you a quarterly wellness speaker series, Together We Will Heal, featuring trusted professionals, community leaders, and people with lived experience. Each forum centers mental health, substance use disorder, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the overall well-being of African Americans. Through conversation, shared learning, and resources, participants gain practical insight, connection, and ongoing support through quarterly forums and monthly conversations and updates.
The Invisible Weight: Understanding How Trauma Shows Up in Everyday Life
Trauma doesn’t always look like trauma. It can show up as anger, anxiety, shutting down, overachieving, relationship difficulties, poor decision-making, or a lack of motivation. The Invisible Weight explores how unresolved trauma can influence the brain, body, behavior, and relationships in ways that are often misunderstood or mislabeled.
Participants will gain a more compassionate, trauma-responsive lens by shifting the question from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you, and what do you need to feel safe?” This engaging session blends clinical insight, practical strategies, and lived experience to help individuals and communities recognize what may be happening beneath the behavior and create pathways toward healing.